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(No Model.) V V I mm I ND NEGKTIE RETAINER. v Patented Aug. 21, 1883.

COMBINED GOLLAR BUTTON A No. 283,523.

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. ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES LEWIs STEIN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED COLLAR-BUTTON AND NECKTlE-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,528, dated August 21, 1883.

' Application filed May 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEWIS STEIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Collar-Buttons and Necktie-Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved collam-button, that serves alsoas a necktie-retainer.

The invention consists in the peculiar con-- .struction of the device, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perpective view of this improved combined collar-button and necktie-retainer applied to a standing collar. Fig. 2is a vertical transverse section on line m m, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a front and aside view of the device removed from the collar.

ing all in one piece. The device thus constructed is very simple and cheap.

In the use of this invention the Wire body is first passed through the button-holes of the neckband of the shirt. The ends of the collar are then buttoned thereon. Then the ends I of the necktie are crossed and passed under the retaining-hook c of the collar-button, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bow is then formed, and the retaining-hook is covered and concealed thereby. A very simple and convenient device is thus formed for preventing the necktie or scarf from riding up on the collar. For retaining scarfs, the end of the hook 0 is preferably pointed, so as to engage the shield of the scarf.

What is claimed as the invention is I A combined collar-button and necktie-retainer, consisting of a back plate and a Wire I body, the latter comprising ashank, e, a, coiled head, a, and a downwardly-bent hook, c, all in 

